DJI

DJI Mavic Air

Name: Mavic Air
Brand: DJI

DJI's 2018 folding travel drone: 430 g, a 12 MP 1/2.3-inch camera on a 3-axis gimbal, 4K30 video, forward and backward sensing, ActiveTrack and 8 GB on board.

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Launch price £769 (2018)

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Value & Depreciation

£769

Launch price

→

£102

Today

87%

Value drop

Over ~8 years, this camera has cost roughly £83/year to own (buy at launch price, sell today). That's one of the lower cost-per-year cameras in its class.

The kit for the DJI Mavic Air

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Essential

SanDisk Extreme microSDXC UHS-I 128GB · £35
A microSD card fast enough for this drone's top video mode (V30 / U3 at least).

Also worth it

PGYTECH 55cm Drone Landing Pad · £14
A landing pad keeps grass, sand and dust out of the motors and gimbal on take-off.

Drone

Take-off weight

430 g

Fly without registering

No — 250 g or more

Flight time

21 min

Wind resistance

10.5 m/s

Obstacle sensing

Forward, backward and downward

Video link

Wi-Fi

Range

2.0 km

Top speed

19.0 m/s

Cameras

RAW stills

Yes

Vertical shooting

Not supported

Gimbal

3-axis

Intelligent flight

Subject tracking, return-to-home

Storage

8 GB built in + microSD slot

Controller in the box

Standard remote controller

FPV

Not an FPV drone

Folds

Yes

Core

Released

2018

Resolution

12.0 MP

Mount

Fixed lens (24 mm-eq f/2.8)

Weather Sealed

Detailed Specs

Sensor Format

1/2.3-inch and smaller

Weight (Grams)

430g

Max Video Resolution

Max 4K Frame Rate

30fps

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Against other drones

Ranked only against drones, on drone facts — weight, flight time, wind, obstacle sensing, video link and camera. Never against cameras.

First drone

4.3 #20 of 20

Travel

3.9 #17 of 17

✅ Great For

Use-case data coming soon.

⚠️ Not Ideal For

Use-case data coming soon.

📝 How suitability scores are calculated GearScore™ genre scores are calculated from this camera's verified specifications — autofocus, sensor, weight, weather sealing and more — weighted by what matters for each type of photography. Where a spec sheet misses something (e.g. a manual-focus rangefinder for street), we apply a documented editorial adjustment. Scores are not based on customer reviews. See our full methodology →